When Termination Of Contractual Appointment Is Stigmatic, Principles Of Natural Justice To Be Followed : Supreme Court

The Court also observed that merely because an appointment was made on a contract basis, following an application for compassionate appointment, would not constitute an appointment under Dying in Harness Rules. Read More>>

Supreme Court Asks CBI To Enquire Why ASI & Centre Backtracked On Protection For Shaikh Ali Gumti In Delhi's Defence Colony

“How and under what circumstances, when the Central Government and ASI had initially recommended that the Gumti be declared a protected monument, only on the purported basis of alterations/additions having been made by the DCWA and the sole objection submitted by it, both ASI and the Central Government changed their stands?”, the Court questioned. Read More>>

Supreme Court Seeks SFIO's Response On SRS Group Chairman Anil Jindal's Plea For Interim Bail In Financial Fraud Case

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar passed the order, upon hearing Senior Advocate Dr S Muralidhar (for Jindal), who argued that Jindal has spent over 3 years in custody in the present case and the trial will likely take time as there are 81 accused involved. Read More>>

Trial Judges Reluctant To Grant Bail, They Should Be Assured That Their Judgments Won't Be Held Against Them : Kapil Sibal

"Our trial court, district and sessions courts need to be empowered to deliver justice without fear or fervour. Unless people at the bottom of the pyramid have the ability to withstand the pressure, the superstructure of the polity will not be able to deliver. I don't want to call the judiciary at the level of trial and district courts "subordinate", because the judges who are sitting there deliver justice and the question of being "subordinate" to any authority is a contradiction in terms. Read More>>

Mental Health And Well-Being Of District Judicial Officers Often Overlooked : CJI DY Chandrachud

The CJI in his address underlined how judicial officers dealing with a variety of cases and the emotional baggages of the parties need to balance their professional work with mental well being too. Read More>>